The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ Chicago Daily News, Friday, April 21, 1939, p. 22, c. 6: Man In 'Front and Back' Cap _________________ Hollywood, April 21---{AP}---He's wearing a twin-visored cap, pulled down tightly, a snug-fitting double-breasted (four-button) tweed and he's smoking a curved briar pipe. Need another clue? Well, he solves crimes almost casually and usually prefaces his solutions with the remark, "elementary, my dear Watson." Sherlock Holmes, of course. He has come to cinematic life again, this time in the person of Basil Rathbone. If you see "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (opening in Chicago today at the Apollo), make a comparison of Rathbone in it with the frontispiece of the drawing of Conan Doyle's Sherlock. Youll be amazed at the resemblance.

Rathbone jumped at the opportunity to enact Sherlock, but not without realizing that he will be subjected to criticism. "This is what might be termed a preconceived character," says Rathbone. There are few characters in English literature who are so lovable, so widely known. Everyone who has read the Doyle stories knows exactly what Sherlock looked like. The trouble is, each conception is different. A good many thousands of Doyle readers think of Sherlock Holmes as the late William Gillette portrayed him with exaggerated gestures, wearing loud, checkered garb and smoking a huge meerschaum pipe. That was Gillette's characterization and on and off for five years he entertained audiences in this country and in England. In preparing "The Hound, " the writers at Twentieth Century decided it would be more logical for Sherlock to wear subdued clothing. A detective dressed up like a race track tout would attract too much attention. Accordingly all of Rathbones costumes will be in subdued grays and browns. The visors on his front and back cap have been purposely shortened. Holmes never was without his pipe. There was some argument about the kind he should use: briar or meerschaum.

Rathbone held out for the briar and produced a dozen drawings to prove his point. A line from Doyle that has been gagged in comic strips, in burlesque and, even in the movies, will be used but once in this piece: it is "Watson, the needle," it will be an semiconic fade-out line. To suggest that the leading character was addicted to the use of dope would run the film into censorship trouble and, in the second place, the phrase might cause a laugh in the wrong place. Sherlock's slow-thinking aid in this is another Englishman, Nigel Bruce. All others of the cast are English, with the exception of John Carradine and the hound. John's from New York and the dog is from north Hollywood. _____________________________ THE RATHBONE/BRUCE SERIES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES FILMS, AS THEY OPENED IN CHICAGO ___________________ 1) Hound of the Baskervilles (20th Century-Fox) Opened in Chicago on Friday, April 21, 1939, at the B & K Apollo, Randolph at Clark; (an ad reads: "Sherlock Holmes Lives Again! . . .

The weirdest, wildest adventures of the world's master detective! . . . Warning! No one will be seated during the last reel! . . . Sherlock Holmes on the trail of eerie horrors . . . stalking the phantom beast that roams the ghostly moor . . . defying the Baskerville death curse!"); Reviews: Chicago Herald-American--"Weather report for Apollo audiences: More than fair film fare, marked by a sharp rise in interest, for mystery fans especially. Due to 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' on the screen, heavy fogs are rolling in from the Darmouth moors, with audience temperatures hovering at chilly in the spine and scalp regions . . . The eerie moorlands, the inscrutable English gentleman who lives on its edge, the ghostly baying of the four-legged killer who haunts the heirs Baskerville, the astute and audacious Mr. Holmes . . . " [Mon., Apr. 24, '39, p. 14, c.

1]; Chicago Daily Times---"The Conan Doyle-flavor to the story is unmistakable and agreeable--and the film's been skillfully produced, succeeds in keeping you as interested in the great Holmes and how he'll solve the case as in the solution he eventually offers . . . There are such interesting features to the story as flickering lights across the moor, a skulking fellow who hides among the ruins near Grimpen Mire, eerie sounds in the night . . . " [Fri., Apr. 21, 1939, p. 65, c. 3]; Chicago Tribune-- "Not a kick in the carload--':Hound of the Baskervilles' for us Sherlock Holmes fans! . . . This screen adaptation of the story which has given two generations the jitters, is, in more than one way, faithful to the death! . . . Never before I venture to say, has the dull but devoted Dr. Watson been so realistically brought to life as by Nigel Bruce . . . I just know that the picture kept ME on the edge of MY seat, [And I take in a lot of movies. You know]" [Sat., Apr. 22, '39, p.

13]; Chicago Daily News--"Physically, it is as gruesomely artistic as any thing which has come down the pike in months. The vast stretches of the moors, the age-old relics of the Druids, the mists arising from the depressing no-mans-land where the Baskervilles lived for generations (for what reason, don ask us!) create atmosphere instantly . . . And let us tell you, we'd rather be in a ring with Joe Louis than that dog Richard Greene spars with, in that exciting scene on the misty moor." [Thurs., Apr. 27, '39, p. 27, c. 1]; Chicago American--"Doyle's Thriller to the Esquire . . . Tall, spare, hawk-like Basil Rathbone, whose physiognomy of "'two profiles pasted together'and shrewd, silent manner fit the public's conception of Sherlock Holmes, pays Conan Doyle's fictional detective in T'he Hound of Baskervilles,' opening tomorrow at the Esquire theater". [Mon.

June 25, '39] 2) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (20th Century-Fox) Opened in Chicago on Friday, September 15, 1939, at the Apollo theatre, Randolph at Clark, an ad, for the same date, reads: "Brilliant Battle of Wits! . . . World's Master Detective Against Super-crime Genius! . . . A woman in love, the victim; the British Crown Jewels, the loot! . . . Grisly clues! Fiendish murders! . . . More thrilling than Hound of the Baskervilles . . . Today, 845 a.m."; Reviews: Chicago Herald-American--"Super-sleuths may come and go, but whether they find their clues in proverbs, like Charlie Chan, or in wise-cracks, like the Thin Man, none of them will ever be able to furnish the sustained thrill found by mystery-fans in the "elementary" observation of Mr. Sherlock Holmes . . . (The death instrument is later proved to be a South American bola, a cord with heavy iron weights on each end.) . . .

Weird Indian music sounding through the fog (always the fog) . . . a club-footed Chilean stalking through the dark . . . nice spine-chilling stuff. . . . " [Mon.,Sept. 18, '39, p. 9, c. 3]; Chicago Tribune-"-Basil Rathbone Makes Sherlock Live on Screen . . . Mr. Rathbone, identical in appearance with Holmes as I have always imagined him, is adroit, suave, human, and mentally and physically quick as a flash. He is, as always, the finished actor and polished gentleman . . . Nigel Bruce is perfect as devoted, blundering Dr. Watson." [Sat., Sept. 16, '39, p. 11]; Chicago Daily Times--"If you ask us, this Sherlock Holmes series of films is one of the best ideas the studios have had in some time. The pictures are skillfully produced and well-acted, they're first rate mysteries, and they're concerned, of course, with the most celebrated and brilliant detective ever created in fiction all of which are good reasons why you ought to like them.

This is the second, and we're certain yo'ull enjoy it as much as you did 'Hound of the Baskervilles.'" [Tues., Sept. 19, '39, p. 30] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (Universal) Opened in Chicago on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1942, as the bottom-half of a double-bill, which featured Disney's "Bambi," at the RKO Palace; Review: Chicago Sun, "It has come at last! The movie studios have prevailed upon the executors of the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to permit them to completely modernize Sherlock Holmes and hand him into World War II as a Nazi spy detector. Presumably to satisfy the spirit of the first and still the greatest of the sleuth mystery writers--for he warned us he would still be around--the Universal studio calls 'Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror,' supporting picture to 'Bambi' at the Palace, an adaption of 'His Last Bow.' It isn't so, Sir Arthur, and we hope you will drop in at Universal and register a kick, for they plan to make two more along the same "modernizing" line.

. .. And yet this is not a bad piece; plenty of action and some good sleuthing . . . " [Fri., Oct. 16, '42, p. 14, c. 1]; Chicago Tribune--"Conan Doyle's famous detective still lovingly plays his violin and says 'Elementary, my dear Watson!"'. . . but a fedora hat replaces the checkered double visored hunting cap, and the needle has been abandoned in the haystack of ye olden days. . . . Mr. Rathbone plays Holmes with suavity, subtlety, and just the right touch of gentle satire. . . . He is interestingly haggard, and when he speaks folks jump. . . . He is the seventh Holmes to appear on the screen. . . . The first was William Gillette who created the role on the stage in 1899, and made the original Sherlock Holmes movie two generations ago. . . . The sleuth has been portrayed at various times by the late John Barrymore, Eille Norwood, Arthur Wontner, Raymond Massey and Clive Brook." [Tues., Oct.

20, '42] 4) Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (Universal) Opened in Chicago at the RKO Palace theatre, Randolph at La Salle on Tuesday, January 21, 1943, as the bottom-half of a double-bill which featured Walter Wangers "Arabian Nights," starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Sabu, Billy Gilbert and Turhan Bey; Review: Chicago Tribune--"Altho Sherlock Holmes and his devoted standby, Dr. Watson, have been considerably streamlined to fit the times, modern youth regards them with some good natured amusement, albeit considerable interest. 'Lookit that hat on the guy!' says M. Y, and chuckes over the long, dank hair cut and cavernous countenance of Mr. Holmes and the naive performances and conversational contributions of Dr. Watson. . . Just the same, there's no walking out on a Holmes picture. . . This lastest opus is based on 'The Dancing Men,' by the late Sir Air Arthur Donan Doyle. . . . The plot has been brought up to date, and "the dancing men," Holmes, Watson, Inspector Lesterade, and Prof.

Moriarity--always the sinister dark to Sherlock's piercing light--figure in a counter espionage adventure. . . . The ultra smooth Basil Rathbone portrays Holmes seriously, with a bit of dash and a suggestion of tongue in the cheek. It is a nice recipe for bringing a dated hero up to date. . . . Nigel Bruce is a lovable Watson, whose sometime bungling is evened up by spells of perspicacity, fomented by his unfaltering admiration for and loyalty to the sleuth of Baker street. . . . Other roles are competently handled . . . The picture is short, urbanely dialoged, and satisfactorily staged and photographed." [Sun., Jan. 31, '43] 5) Sherlock Holmes in Washington (Universal) Opened at Chicago on Saturday, April 24, 1943, at the RKO Palace, as the bottom-half of a double-bill which featured Abbott and Costello in "It Aint Hay; Review: Chicago Tribune-- "Members of the old guard, who are for Sherlock Holmes as he was created, needle and all, aren't caring for the present day screen episodes woven around Arthur Conan Doyle's picturesque character . . .

I like them--albeit I suspect Basil Rathbone, especially in this number, of tongue-in-the-cheekery, and Nigel Bruce of aiding and abetting as Dr. Watson in like manner. , , loved the two of them and enjoyed the whole picture, not minding in the least being spoofed as I feel reasonably certain was the case. . . . As for the rest in the audience they gave every sign of being vastly entertained by S. Holmes, Doc Watson, and what goes with 'em." [Sun. May 1, '43] 6) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (Universal) Opened in Chicago on Friday, October 29, 1943, at the Oriental theatre, Randolph near State; an ad reads: "Screen--1st Showing--The Mystery Wizards at their best in their Newest Murder Masterpiece!"; the stage show starred "The Pistol Packin Mama Sensation," Al Dexter and His Texas Troopers. Review: Chicago Tribune--"Let me sell you a good old fashioned detective story thriller this morning!

'Old fashioned,' really, only in a manner of speaking, for this piece brings Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous Baker street sleuth up to date--as recent Holmes pictures have been doing. . . The action keeps you interested, amused, and guessing. Mr. Holmes is unusually peppy. Probably has been taking his vitamins. . . . Basil Rathbone sees to it that his every screen moment counts. He plays straighter than usual not so much tongue-in-the-cheek stuff and the picture ends on an earnestly delivered homily from him to Watson. Good Stuff!" [Sat., Oct. 30, '43, p. 17] [Crazy House (Universal)] Opened in Chicago at the RKO Palace on Friday, December 3, 1943; this film starred the comedy duo Olsen and Johnson ("Those Comedy Sensation of 'Hellzapoppin 'and 'Son's OFun' . . . in the Screen's Mad, Musical, Laugh-Quake!"), with 28 stars and 17 acts!

Though not a Holmes film in the traditional sense, both Rathbone and Bruce, as Holmes and Watson, make a most brief appearance in the work.] 7) The Spider Woman (Universal) Opened in Chicago at the RKO Grand, Clark near Randolph, on Thursday, December 23, 1943, as the top-half of a double-bill ; an ad reads: "Double Shock and Shudder Show! Weird Mistress of Murder vs. The Master of Mystery! (with "Calling Dr. Death, "with Lon Chaney; the ad for that date reads: "Screens First Inner Sanctum Mystery!"); Reviews: Chicago Herald-American---"Miss Sondergaard is not the spider (she's far too beautful); but her plans to ruin Mr. Rathbone and the ever-faithful Nigel Bruce go astray. At the end of this pretty complicated detective piece, remodeled from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the lady walks away gallantly to face her fate. . . . As we said, the moral is to shun the spider, and thus avoid being murdered. The old-fashioned nightshirt is good enough for us." [Fri., Dec. 24, '43, p. 6, c.

7]; Chicago Sun---"While London was aghast at a wave of 'Pyjama' [English spelling] suicides, the word came that Sherlock Holmes was dead, having fallen into a Scottish trout stream on the trail of an elusive finny culprit . . Of course, you and I know that the report of Holmes' death was premature--he's too valuable a property of Universal Pictures to go falling into trout streams. . . .We expected all along that he was just playing possum to trap the murderess ('a female Moriarity, my dear Watson,' he explains) . . . The spider's venom is so deadly and cruel that the victims invariably leap from windows to assuage the pain--with the villainess collecting double indeminity . . . And it is also one of the best shockers in the Holmes cycle, with Rathbone at his imperturbable best and Nigel Bruce again doing the historically correct Dr. Watson." [Fri., Dec. 24, '43, p. 13, c.

2]; Chicago Daily Times--"Sherlock Holmes adventures, of late, have had to do with Nazis, saboteurs, and espionage agents; but his most recent picture, we are happy to report, is back in the Baker st. groove. . . . Nobody but Mr. Holmes, in other words, could possibly have solved this case which involves such strange and esoteric clues as tropical spiders, murders that are suicides and suicides that are murders, and a pigmy from the Congo who, incidentally, tucks himself neatly into a large suitcase. . . . Basil Rathbone, again in the role of the quick-witted Holmes, starts solving this bizarre mystery in a highly unusual fashion by staging his own death. He tumbles off a cliff into a Scottish trout stream, right in front of the horrified eyes of Dr. Watson; and audiences are apt to find the scenes in which the faithful Watson and ill-tempered Inspector Lestrade mourn for him, are very touching scenes indeed. Mr. Holmes, it turn out, thinks its touching, too, as he happens to be right there disguised, of course, as an aged mailman! . . .

Miss Sondergaard, handsome and dangerous-looking, is described by Mr. Holmes as a female Moriarty and she turns in an expert performance as a master mind;" Chicago Tribune-- KIND: Sherlock Holmes mystery, based on yarn by the late Arthur Conan Doyle. ACTING: Basil Rathbone plays straighter than usual. With reason because Gale Sondergaard, as the Spider Woman, a female Moriarty no less, is nobody to be off-hand and coy about. . . Brother, Sister, SHE IS POISON! . . . Nigel Bruce impersonates Dr. Watson in his customary beguiling fashion. . . . Other players are solid. DIRECTION: Snappy STAGING, PHOTOGRAPHY, ATMOSPHERE: Skeery. STORY: Shucks, I aint agoin to tell you! But it really is one of the best of the stream-lined Sherlock Holmes series. AUDIENCE APPEAL: Plenty. [Tues., Dec. 28, '43, p.

15] 8) The Scarlet Claw (Universal) Opened in Chicago on Saturday, May 20, 1944 at the RKO Palace as the bottom-half of a double-bill which featured "Chip Off the Old Block", a film starring Donald OConnor. No review. 9) Pearl of Death (Universal) Opened in Chicago at the RKO Palace on Thurs., Sept. 7, 1944 as the bottom-half of a double-bill that featured RKO's Bride by Mistake, starring Alan Marshall and Laraine Day. Review: Chicago Tribune--"You will find 'The Pearl of Death' a right exciting number, with Basil Rathbone urbane and cunning as always in his role of Holmes, Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson at his endearing best [he does have the best time all by himself, mumbling and bumbling!], Miles Mander being right horrible as the master criminal who directs the activities of the Creeper, and Evelyn Ankers fitting in admirably as a lady desperado. "[Tues., Sept.

12, '44] 10) House of Fear (Universal) Opened at the RKO Palace theatre on Thursday, March 22, 1945, as the bottom-half of a double-bill featuring Abbott and Costello in "Here Come the Co-eds." Review: Chicago Tribune--"Basil Rathbone, looking like an elegant bloodhound and clipping his words so short that understanding him is very often not a bit elemental, my dear Watson, is an extremely busy man in 'The House of Fear.' . . . The film was taken from Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Adventures of the Five Orange Pips.' . . . .Sherlock arrives at Drearcliff, and although Dr. Watson gets batted about a bit, the sleuth unravels the problem with his customary aplomb. . . . The entire cast is competent, the story an interesting one, with the result that the film is mildly engrossing in an adult fashion." [Tues., Mar.

27, '45] 11) The Woman in Green (Universal) Opened in Chicago at the RKO Palace on Wednesday, July 11, 1945, as the bottom-half of a double-bill featuring Universal's "On Stage Everybody." Review: Chicago Tribune--"As far as I could see, the title has very little to do with the film; there's a woman in it all right, but I didn't see a smidge of green and no one even mentioned the color. . . . It's another of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce doing their customary excellent work in their customary roles. In fact, these mysteries are just about the best thing that Universal turns out.

The plots generally are pretty neat, photography is sufficently eerie, the casts are made up of capable people, and the dialog always is intelligent and sometimes dryly humorous." [Thurs., July 12, '45] 12) Pursuit to Algiers (Universal) Opened in Chicago at the RKO Palace on Tuesday, December 18, 1945, at 8:45 a.m., as the bottom-half of a double-bill featuring "George White's Scandals," starring Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Gene Krupa; Review: Chicago Tribune--"Nigel Bruce's Dr. Watson is rapidly becoming one of my favorite movie characters. He huffs and puffs around in the wake of the icy Sherlock Holmes and brings humor and warmth to their series of mysteries. Not that Mr. Rathbone isn't excellent as the all-knowing detective; it's just that you can't help but like the old doctor better. . . . It's not one of the best mysteries you ever saw, but it is intelligent with a few unusual twists here and there." [Thurs., Dec.

20, '45] 13) Terror by Night (Universal) Opened at Palace theatre on Wednesday, April 3, 1946, as a Midwest Premiere, being the bottom-half of a double-bill featuring Abbott and Costello in "Little Giant;" Review: Chicago Tribune--"Mr. Holmes former arch enemy, Mr. Moriarty, is referred to as 'the late,' and the suave detective has a new and ruthless villain, a Col. Moran, this trip. . . . The plot is so tricky that if you are momentarily shrouded by someones overcoat, as frequently happens when people are on the march for better seats in theaters, you may lose track of things entirely and the ending may leave you still trying to figure out who was who. Nigel Bruce, as Dr. Watson, tries his hand at sleuthing in a humorous episode, and as usual he contributes a good deal to the entertainment value of the film. HIs Watson is the same slow-witted likable old chap, excellent relief from the eternally smooth and infallible Holmes." [Thurs., Apr.

4 '46] 14) Dressed to Kill (Universal) Opened at the Palace theatre, Wednesday, May 15, 1946, as the bottom-half of a double-bill featuring "Badman"s Territory," starring Randolph Scott; Review: Chicago Tribune--"Sherlock Holmes and his old friend, Dr. Watson, solve another trick case, but a clever woman nearly succeeds in making fools of them. . . . The famed Prof. Moriarity has been succeeded by one Hilda Courtney as the great sleuth's cunning adversary, and the lady is definitely a smoothie. . . . Like most of the films of this series, 'Dressed to Kill' is ably acted, directed with an eye to detail, and moves at a good pace. The humor, as usual, is pleasantly dry. " [Tues., May 21, '46.] _____________________________ Chicago Tribune, November 17, 1939, p. 24: LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Ed Sullivan Hollywood, Cal., Nov. 16.--British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce looking a trifle startled as they are introduced to William Shakespeare, the football player. . .

. "Well," wells Bruce, "I liked your Hamlet, old man." . . . "Ignore him," advises Rathbone, "he chatters like a magpie." _______________________________ Chicago Tribune, June 16, 1942, p. 18: LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper . . . . When Denis Conan Doyle, son of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, visited that set at Universal, he spied a dignified white-haired gentleman who was stand-in for Nigel Bruce. He turned out to be Capt. George Hill, former chief of police of Edinburgh, who supplied much of the background for Sherlock's stories. ______________________________ The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle Book Reviews Thrilling! Reader reviewed by Marietta This is perhaps the most famous Sherlock Holmes story of all, not without a reason I would say. One night Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead just outside his home. Many of the Baskerville family have died mysteriously. People say they were murdered, not by a person, but a gigantic devil-like dog - The Hound of the Baskervilles! The great detective Sherlock Holmes is called to solve the mystery.

Can he save the new owner of Baskerville Hall from a terrible death? Read and find out... If you like detective stories, you'll definitely love The Hound of the Baskervilles! The Hound of The Baskervilles – A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel by Petr Kopl — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Shelves: sherlock-holmes , graphic-novels Excellent and Exciting! My thanks to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my review copy of this book. Holmes will never die as long as MX keeps going! This graphic novel is Pter Kopl at his best! The artwork is exaggerated but not clumsy. There is definitely skill behind each drawing. The story of the hound runs true to the original, but there is a twist that makes this version unique. There is also cameos by people from other stories, such as Igor the Hunchback as the driver that takes Watson, Sir Excellent and Exciting! My thanks to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my review copy of this book. Holmes will never die as long as MX keeps going! This graphic novel is Pter Kopl at his best! The artwork is exaggerated but not clumsy.

There is definitely skill behind each drawing. The story of the hound runs true to the original, but there is a twist that makes this version unique. There is also cameos by people from other stories, such as Igor the Hunchback as the driver that takes Watson, Sir Henry Baskerville, and Dr. Mortimer to Baskerville Hall. Professor Challenger also makes a brief appearance. Look for a touch, a hint of another character I won’t spoil. And I swear in a rooftop chase scene, it looks like Holmes runs into Mary Poppins! Other adventures are referenced. For example, the code from The Adventure of the Dancing Men is framed on the wall of 221B. Holmes also receives his wax doppelganger in this story. Mrs. Hudson wonders if Holmes is back to his cocaine habit… I must not forget the newspaper that runs through these stories. The articles tell their own story and there is a distinct touch of steampunk. There’s even a running comic strip, The Barks of Muppy Pup! There are two very good twists to the tale, so keep an eye open! I give this Graphic Novel five stars!

Quoth the Raven… Shelves: komiksy Podľa knihy sira Arthura Conana Doylea vytvoril Petr KOPL komiks plný dusivej a plíživej atmosféry anglického panstva, na ktorom slovutný detektív Sherlock Holmes a jeho verný priateľ Dr. Watson vyšetrujú záhadnú smrť sira Charlesa Baskervilla. Cartooningové spracovanie príbehu svedčí, kresba má dynamiku a autor bravúrne zvláda rozprávať príbeh a to s takou ľahkosťou a prehľadom, až to zaráža.

S rovnakou eleganciou podáva crossoverové stretnutie s hrdinami ďalších kníh, takže sa v deji stretneme Podľa knihy sira Arthura Conana Doylea vytvoril Petr KOPL komiks plný dusivej a plíživej atmosféry anglického panstva, na ktorom slovutný detektív Sherlock Holmes a jeho verný priateľ Dr. Watson vyšetrujú záhadnú smrť sira Charlesa Baskervilla. Cartooningové spracovanie príbehu svedčí, kresba má dynamiku a autor bravúrne zvláda rozprávať príbeh a to s takou ľahkosťou a prehľadom, až to zaráža.

S rovnakou eleganciou podáva crossoverové stretnutie s hrdinami ďalších kníh, takže sa v deji stretneme s Jonathanom Harkerom, samotným pánom temnoty Draculom, či grófom Telekem. Celá kniha je i napriek cartooningovému podaniu dôstojným spracovaním klasickej 'šerlokovky', ktorá je v závere doplnená o niekoľko poznámok veľkého detektíva svojmu priateľovi Watsonovi, kde poodhaľuje niektoré detaily a odkazy pre (menej)pozorného čitateľa.

Mínusom je použitie matného papiera, ktoré sa trochu podpísalo na menej výraznú farebnosť a celkovú živosť obrázkov, horšia je však viditeľná pixelatosť obrázkov a miestami vadia trochu hrubšie vyfiltrované fotky skutočných lokalít zakomponované do strán. V globále je ale tento príbeh výborným štartom celej série. ...more Mar 14, 2015 Riju Ganguly rated it liked it Petr Kopl's adaptation of "A Scandal in Bohemia" was the freshest as well as the most iconoclastic interpretation of the immortal work penned by Sir ACD. Unfortunately, such words can't be written about this work. In many senses it remains true to the original, and there it falls short of the graphic novel version created by Ian Edginton. It also tries to incorporate cross-references to other classic works, but this time they appear somewhat superfluous.

Nevertheless, HOUND is something that can Petr Kopl's adaptation of "A Scandal in Bohemia" was the freshest as well as the most iconoclastic interpretation of the immortal work penned by Sir ACD. Unfortunately, such words can't be written about this work. In many senses it remains true to the original, and there it falls short of the graphic novel version created by Ian Edginton. It also tries to incorporate cross-references to other classic works, but this time they appear somewhat superfluous. Nevertheless, HOUND is something that can be read in any form, anytime. Too bad that Kopl had set his standards so highly in his first work made available in English. ...more Dec 13, 2014 Louise rated it it was amazing This is another very enjoyable Sherlock Holmes adaptation, the illustrations are as brilliant as the are in Petr Kopl's previous Sherlock Holmes adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia". Like that book, there are little clues and literary allusions throughout the book, to other works Kopl has adapted (many unfortunately not yet available in English, so far as I can find)and other books published around the time the original story was written and set.

There are also some great bonus pages at the end, wh This is another very enjoyable Sherlock Holmes adaptation, the illustrations are as brilliant as the are in Petr Kopl's previous Sherlock Holmes adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia". Like that book, there are little clues and literary allusions throughout the book, to other works Kopl has adapted (many unfortunately not yet available in English, so far as I can find)and other books published around the time the original story was written and set. There are also some great bonus pages at the end, which make you want to go back and re-read it to look for all the hidden clues! ...more The Hound of the Baskervilles : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : 9781406556223 The Hound of the Baskervilles Paperback US$16.98 US$16.99 You save US$0.01 Free delivery worldwide Add to basket Add to wishlist Description Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (1859-1930) was a Scottish author.

He is most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. His first significant work was A Study in Scarlet, which appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and featured the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes, who was partially modelled after his former university professor, Joseph Bell. Other works include The Firm of Girdlestone (1890), The Captain of the Polestar (1890), The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892), Beyond the City (1892), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896), The Great Boer War (1900), The Green Flag (1900), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), and The Lost World (1912).

show more Product details 152 x 229 x 10mm | 268g Publication date The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 4 available editions | Alibris Books British Isles We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles ...

Read More We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?

Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step!

Read Less High Rated Sellers Only (Above 4 stars) Highest Rated Sellers Only (5 stars only) Shipping Attribute An introduction to The Hound of the Baskervilles - The British Library An introduction to The Hound of the Baskervilles Themes: Technology and science , London , The Gothic , Fin de siècle The Hound of the Baskervilles merges two popular genres, the detective story and the Gothic tale. Here curator Greg Buzwell examines the novel’s depiction of scientific deduction, eerie landscapes and violent ancestry. The Hound of the Baskervilles, the third novel by Arthur Conan Doyle to feature Sherlock Holmes, is arguably the most famous detective story in fiction. The tale was a huge success upon its first appearance in The Strand Magazine where it ran from August 1901 to April 1902. Indeed the story’s popularity was such that for the first (and only) time in The Strand’s history a seventh printing of the magazine was required in order to keep up with demand. The story of a seemingly supernatural hound that haunts Dartmoor caught the public imagination, pitting as it did the supremely rational Sherlock Holmes against the unearthly family curse that terrorises the Baskervilles.

The novel also merged two popular genres, the detective story and the Gothic tale, using an ingenious double-narrative to do so. In addition, along with its late-Victorian Gothic predecessors Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) and Dracula (1897) the book addressed many of the fears that assailed the final years of the 19th century. The Hound of the Baskervilles was the first adventure to feature Sherlock Holmes since the tragic events depicted in the short story ‘The Final Problem’, published in The Strand Magazine in December 1893. In ‘The Final Problem,’ Holmes had apparently fallen to his death, along with his arch enemy Professor Moriarty, at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. Arthur Conan Doyle, although worn down by the tight deadlines that went with writing the Holmes stories, and believing that the public’s fascination with the detective distracted attention from his more serious work, had left sufficient loose ends in ‘The Final Problem’ to enable him to bring back the great detective at a future date should he so desire.

The Hound of the Baskervilles is set prior to the events at the Reichenbach Falls, but the book’s phenomenal success persuaded Conan Doyle to revive Sherlock Holmes permanently in ‘The Adventure of the Empty House’, a short story published in 1903 but set in the quintessentially ‘Holmesian’ setting of the Victorian fin de siècle. Detective Story and Gothic Tale By the time the first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in 1887 detectives had already begun to appear as central characters in popular fiction. The investigations of Inspector Bucket, for example, had played a large part in the plot of Charles Dickens’ novel Bleak House (1853), while Wilkie Collins’ book The Moonstone (1868) featured not only the established policeman, in the form of Sergeant Cuff, but also introduced the gentleman amateur detective in the character of Franklin Blake. A Study in Scarlet, however, took things to a new level, highlighting a modern, scientific approach to deduction. Holmes has an excellent knowledge of chemistry; he is able, for example, to distinguish between numerous different types of tobacco ash and he scientifically appraises crime scenes with a tape measure and a magnifying glass.

Deduction from carefully collected clues and close observation was now a key part not only of the detective’s work, but also of the way in which detective stories were told and presented to the reading public. One year prior to the appearance of A Study in Scarlet, Robert Louis Stevenson had published his Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde which began the fin de siècle renaissance of Gothic literature, providing an imaginative means by which to explore contemporary fears including the unsettling implications of Darwin’s theory of evolution, and the growing fears that humankind was becoming both physically weaker and morally more degenerate in an increasingly decadent society. The Hound of the Baskervilles combines both detective and Gothic genres, placing them side by side in an inventive fashion. The rational detective story takes centre stage whenever Holmes is present in the narrative. In these sections of the book a cool logic predominates and the bizarre events taking place on the moors surrounding Baskerville Hall are subjected to a cool, logical analysis. For much of the story, however, Holmes is absent, or so we are lead to believe.

Early in the book Dr Watson accompanies Sir Henry Baskerville on his journey from London to Dartmoor while Holmes declines to travel on the grounds that other cases require his attention in the city. During this portion of the novel the events taking place on Dartmoor are narrated entirely by Dr Watson; and with Holmes apparently removed from the action the Gothic elements take over. Watson’s imaginative narrative teems with sinister touches and a cloying sense of fear and unease: Baskerville Hall itself is brooding, isolated and in a state of disrepair - a building that in many respects mirrors that most remarkable of all sinister Gothic piles, Edgar Allan Poe’s melancholy House of Usher; meanwhile a dangerous convict is at large on the moors and the nights are haunted by strange sounds and flickering lights. Landscape, atmosphere and legend combine for purely Gothic effect. One strand of the story, namely the plot to murder first Sir Charles Baskerville and then Sir Henry in order to obtain the Baskerville inheritance, belongs to the detective novel but the means by which the murders are to be carried out, involving folklore, a phantom hell-hound and a family curse, is pure Gothic. Landscape Landscape plays an important role in Gothic fiction.

Although the exotic late-medieval and Renaissance settings so beloved by authors such as Ann Radcliffe had given way to contemporary urban locations during the Victorian era, there was often still a place to be found for the louring, eerie and sinister house in the middle of a desolate tract of countryside. As a means of evoking a sense of dread and unease, an isolated mansion in the midst of fog-shrouded moorland is difficult to beat. During The Hound of the Baskervilles the move from sophisticated modern London to an elemental landscape of remote moorland is carefully described. Dr Watson and Sir Henry Baskerville travel down to Devon by train and, gazing through the window, Dr Watson observes how the landscape becomes richer and more luxuriant.

On arrival at their station Dr Watson notes: ‘Rolling pasture lands curved upwards on either side of us, and old gabled houses peeped out from amid the thick green foliage, but behind the peaceful and sunlit countryside there rose ever, dark against the evening sky, the long gloomy curve of the moor, broken by the jagged and sinister hills’ (Chapter 6) Baskerville Hall itself lurks ‘like a ghost’ at the far end of a ‘sombre tunnel’ of overarching branches (Chapter 6). The appearance of the house is unsettling, being an edifice that presents in its architecture an uneasy amalgamation between the ancient and the modern. This jarring sense of the old and new being placed side by side is another typical characteristic of Gothic fiction. ‘The whole front was draped in ivy, with a patch clipped bare here and there where a window or a coat-of-arms broke through the dark veil. From this central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenelated and pierced with many loopholes. To right and left of the turrets were more modern wings of black granite.

A dull light shone through heavy mullioned windows, and from the high chimneys which rose from the steep, high-angled roof there sprang a single black column of smoke’ (Chapter 6) The gloomy mansion has an illustrious history in Gothic Fiction with Thornfield Hall from Jane Eyre (1847), Wuthering Heights from Emily Bronte’s novel of the same name and Bartram-Haugh from Sheridan Le Fanu’s novel Uncle Silas (1864) being among the most remarkable of the many examples. The Burden of the Past, and Anxiety about the Future During the novel the past weighs heavily upon many of the characters. The curse of the Baskervilles which haunts the family line is first presented in a manuscript dating from 1742, and relates how the depraved activities of Sir Hugo Baskerville, and his drunken attempts to rape a young woman, result in his having his throat torn out by a gigantic hound. This sense of past family guilt being played out through subsequent generations is a common theme in Gothic fiction.

A key way in which this is often represented is via the gloomy family portrait that, although showing the features of a distant ancestor, bears an uncanny resemblance to a present-day descendant. In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray for example, Dorian strolls ‘through the gaunt cold picture-gallery of his country house’ looking at ‘the various portraits of those whose blood flowed in his veins’ (Chapter 11). As he looks at the faces, and reflects upon their debauched activities the thought occurs to him that perhaps ‘some strange poisonous germ crept from body to body till it had reached his own’ (Chapter 11). Such reflections lead Dorian to suspect that perhaps he is damned by fate and hereditary characteristics just as much as he is damned by his own inflamed desire to pursue an increasingly depraved lifestyle. This idea of hereditary traits being passed from generation to generation plays a crucial role in The Hound of the Baskervilles – it is the similarity between a portrait of Sir Hugo Baskerville, the villainous ancestor with whom the curse originates, and one of the present-day characters in the novel that enables Holmes to solve the mystery.

The novel also highlights our inability to escape the past in other ways. The fugitive murderer Selden, for example, hides out on the moors in one of the many prehistoric stone dwellings that litter the landscape. This pairing of the criminal and the primitive early settlers in the area emphasises how our frequently violent and ancestry occasionally remerges in the present. The broken remains of the stone dwellings also act as a reminder of how previous attempts to tame the landscape have often ended in failure. The landscape even becomes a metaphor for the inexplicable in the modern world. As Dr Watson observes: ‘Life has become like that great Grimpen Mire, with little green patches everywhere into which one may sink and with no guide to point the track’ (Chapter 7). Holmes’s ability to solve the case may be regarded as a triumph for the modern world over the realms of mystery and superstition, but in a sense the larger mystery into the nature of criminality and evil remains, disturbingly, just beyond the limits of our knowledge and understanding.

Written by 9780486282145: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Dover Thrift Editions) - AbeBooks - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Arthur Conan Doyle: 0486282147 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Arthur Conan Doyle ISBN 10: 0486282147 ISBN 13: 9780486282145 Publisher: Dover Publications, 1994 About this title At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror. Years earlier, a hound-like beast with blazing eyes and dripping jaws was reported to have torn out the throat of Hugo Baskerville. Has the spectral destroyer struck again? More important, is Sir Henry Baskerville, younger heir to the estate, now in danger? Enter Sherlock Holmes, summoned to protect Sir Henry from the fate that has threatened the Baskerville family.

As Holmes and Watson begin to investigate, a blood-chilling howl from the fog-shrouded edges of the great Grimpen Mire signals that the legendary hound of the Baskervilles is poised for yet another murderous attack. The Hound of the Baskerville first appeared as a serial in The Strand Magazine in 1901. By the time of its publication in book form eight months later, this brilliantly plotted, richly atmospheric detective story had already achieved the status of a classic. It has often been called he best detective story ever written. It remains a thrilling tale of suspense, must reading for every lover of detective fiction. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Product Description: At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Enter Sherlock Holmes, summoned to protect Sir Henry from the fate that has threatened the Baskerville family. Brilliantly plotted and richly atmospheric, this thrilling tale of suspense is must reading for every lover of detective fiction.

Review: We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?

Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

The Hound Of The Baskervilles | Penguin Books Australia The Hound Of The Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle , Arthur Conan Doyle When Sir Charles Baskerville is found mysteriously dead in the grounds of Baskerville Hall, everyone remembers the ancient legend of the monstrous creature that haunts the moor. The great detective Sherlock Holmes knows that there must be a more rational explanation, but the difficulty is to find it before the hellhound finds him. Author Accompany the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes on onw of his most intruguing cases! When Sir Charles Baskerville is found mysteriously dead in the grounds of Baskerville Hall, everyone remembers the ancient legend of the monstrous creature that haunts the moor. The great detective Sherlock Holmes knows that there must be a more rational explanation, but the difficulty is to find it before the hellhound finds him. An introduction by Judith Kerr, and a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and more . . . Format & Editions

Question: What fictional detective is featured in the novel/movie "The Hound of the Baskervilles"?
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